Kathryn Hahn has signed on to star in another small screen adaptation of a novel. The “I Love Dick” actress will topline half-hour comedy series “Mrs. Fletcher” for HBO, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Nicole Holofcener will helm the pilot.
Based on “The Leftovers” author and co-creator Tom Perrotta’s 2017 novel of the same name, “Mrs. Fletcher” follows “an empty-nest mom and her college-student son who embrace their newfound freedom with mixed results.” Described as a “dual coming-of-age story,” the potential show explores “the impact of internet porn and social media on our most intimate relationships.”
Hahn’s character, Eve Fletcher, is a divorced woman who hopes to jump-start her love life after her only child heads off to college. She “adopts a sexy new persona and discovers that her world is full of unexpected — and sometimes complicated — erotic possibilities.”
Holofcener, whose most recent feature credit is 2013 Julia Louis-Dreyfus-starrer “Enough Said,” will exec produce the project alongside Jessi Klein (“Inside Amy Schumer”), Sarah Condon (“Looking” ), and Perotta. The latter is set to pen the script.
“One Mississippi,” “Orange Is the New Black,” and “Sex and the City” are among Holofcener’s TV credits. Her next film, Netflix mid-life crisis dramedy “The Land of Steady Habits,” is expected to drop in 2018.
Hahn premiered her latest pic, “Private Lives,” at Sundance in January. Written and directed by Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”), the drama centers on a woman undergoing fertility therapies. The “Bad Moms Christmas” star was last seen on the small screen in Amazon’s “I Love Dick,” Jill Soloway’s comedy series about a married couple who become fixated on a professor. Based on Chris Kraus’ novel of the same name, the show was cancelled after one season.
“Self-empowerment is the key to happiness, I truly believe,” Hahn has observed. She has a children’s book on the way that aims to spread that message. “I was inspired by the big gorgeous id of my 6-year-old girl,” she said of “My Wish For You,” set for release this October. She explained, “I started to dream about what it was like before I cared what people thought or how I was seen. When I asked questions and demanded answers. When I trusted my gut.” The Emmy nominee added, “Women are still made to feel smaller and smaller culturally, and the abuses are physical (limited access to health care and birth control … harassment and rape) to invincible and cutting (‘You’re so pretty! What a good girl. Look how cute.’). I wanted an innocent, inspiring book for both moms and their daughters to embolden themselves by reading together.”
